News: Microsoft has partnered with Fortum, Finnish energy company to launch the world’s largest scheme to provide heat to homes, services and business in Finland with waste heat. Heat would be sourced from a new data centre region that Microsoft has planned to build in the Helsinki metropolitan area in Finland. Contents1 How will this… Continue reading Recycling heat generated by datacentres
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Needed, an Indian Legislative Service
Since the first Parliament in 1952, Secretaries-General of Rajya Sabha are usually parachuted from civil services and other services from time to time. On September 1, 2021, Dr. P.P.K. Ramacharyulu became the first Rajya Sabha Secretariat staff member who rose to the position of Secretary-General. However, he was replaced in less than 3 months. Need… Continue reading Needed, an Indian Legislative Service
Delhi municipal corporation bill gets Cabinet’s nod
What is the News? The Union Cabinet has approved the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022. What is Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022? The Bill proposes a unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi by subsuming the South Delhi Municipal Corporation(SDMC), North Delhi Municipal Corporation(NDMC) and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation EDMC). What was the need… Continue reading Delhi municipal corporation bill gets Cabinet’s nod
Understanding hypersonic weapons
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are Hypersonic weapons?3 How are Hypersonic weapons different from Ballistic Missiles?4 What are the types of Hypersonic weapons?5 Which countries possess Hypersonic weapons?6 About the Indian hypersonic missile programme What is the News? The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced that it had used a hypersonic missile for the… Continue reading Understanding hypersonic weapons
The National Land Monetisation Corporation
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Monetisation?3 What are the ways to monetise Government assets?4 What is the need for Monetisation?5 What is the National Land Monetisation Corporation (NLMC)? 6 How much land is currently available for monetisation? 7 What are the possible challenges for NLMC? What is the News? The Union Cabinet has approved the… Continue reading The National Land Monetisation Corporation
Whither unemployment benefits
News: As per Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, the average urban unemployment rate remained 9% in 2021. Before COVID the unemployment rate touched its peak in 2017-18 at 6.1%, with urban unemployment as high as 7.8%. This was further exacerbated by the pandemic. As per Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, the average urban unemployment rate… Continue reading Whither unemployment benefits
A solution in search of a problem: on 10% reservation
The Government passed 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act creating a 10% reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS), for those, who have an income threshold of Rs. 8 lakh per annum. This article discusses potential implication of the EWS Amendment, followed by some alternatives: Issues with the amendment: Excludes no one: As per India Human Development Survey… Continue reading A solution in search of a problem: on 10% reservation
Changing the jurisprudence of scarcity
News: The Prime Minister’s recently made observation about the plight of the Indian medical students returning from Ukraine is on point. Why are problems being faced in the education sector? States are demanding reservation higher than 50%. It is demanded because most of the state’s population is eligible for reservation and goes beyond 50%. For… Continue reading Changing the jurisprudence of scarcity
Sri Lanka’s aggravating economic crisis
News: Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is aggravating rapidly, putting citizens through enormous hardship. Sri Lanka’s Consumer Price inflation is at 16.8%, and it must repay foreign debt totalling nearly $7 billion this year. Reason for the crisis Ever since the start of the pandemic, 1) Sri Lankan labourers in West Asian countries were left stranded… Continue reading Sri Lanka’s aggravating economic crisis
Adaptive tracking
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Adaptive Tracking?3 About the study4 What is the significance of this study? What is the News? Researchers have conducted an experimental study of Drosophila melanogaster or fruit fly to study adaptive tracking. What is Adaptive Tracking? Adaptive Tracking is defined as continuous adaptation in response to rapid environmental… Continue reading Adaptive tracking
